Improvement in horse hay-forks



J.. CRANDELL. Horse Hay Fork.

No. 44,788. Patented Oct. 25, 1864.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

JOHN oEANDELnOE rLroN, NEW YORK. IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-FORKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,788, dated October 25, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, JOHN OEANDELL, of Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of tion, is within the recess f, the upper end I the bar G being in or through the ring, z shown in Fig. 1. The lower end ofthe bar l has a cord, I, attached to it, said cord passin through a guide-ring, g, at the lower end c the hoisting-rope D. y

From the above description it will be seei that the upper end of the fork is-connectef with the hoisting-rope by means of the ring E and the bar G in the head C, and when the fork and hoisting rope are thus connected the former is in a worklng position, and may be hoisted, with its load, to the place where the latter is to be deposited. Y

skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oi' this specification, in which- Figure l represents a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line xm, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a back view ot' the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved horse hay-fork for elevating hay in barns and depositing it in mows. l

The Object of the invention is to obtain a simple device for the purpose speciiied-one which may be cheaply constructed, be strong and durable, and operated or manipulated with the greatest facility.

A A represent the tines of the fork, which are slightly curved, as usual, the two side tines, AA, being prolonged so that they may be bent upward at the rear to form two ars, B B, which are inclined toward eachother from their lower to their upper ends, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, the upper ends of the bars B B being secured by nuts or otherwise 1n eyes a a at the rear side of a cast-iron head,

animal being attached to the lower end of the rope. This, however, is the usual arrangement. When the fork is elevated. to the deliberated from the hoisting-rope D, and the fork will drop or tilt under its Own gravity in red 1n Fig. l, andthe latter will be discharged.

tines into the hay on the cart or wagon, and then adjusts the ringlif in the recessf, so that it will be caught by the bar G, and the fork is again elevated, with its load, as before.'

It will be seen from the above description that the fork may be very economically constructed, and still be very strong and durable, there being no wood used, and in case a tine should break it may be readily replaced by a new one. The fork also, it will be seen, may be manlpulated with the greatest facility, and tipped or dumpedequall y well in any position in which it may swing' relatively with the opoperator.

l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenttines A', and is bent to Jform an eye, b, in which a ring, b, is iitted, to which the hoisting-rope is secured. The three tines A A are ofa bar, E, which passes through collars F, fitted one on each tine, the bar being secured in said collars, and the latter secured on the tines by means ot set-screws C. By this simple means the tines are iirmly held in position and the fork rendered perfectly stiff and rm. A A A, secured together at the proper dis- The head O is cast twith a vertical central tance apart by means ot' the collars F, bar E, groove, cl, in it rear side, in which a sliding and set-screws c, with two ofthe tines, A A', bar, G, is tted, having a spiral spring', c, formed with barsB at the rear, bent or curved upon it, which spring has a tendency to keep upward and connected to a head, G, substanrhe bar G forced upward to its fullest extia-lly as set forth.

- JOHN GRANDELL. Witnesses:

l To the hoisting-ropeDa ring, H, isattached, W. H. THOMAS, which, when the fork is in a working posi- WM. KITZMILLEE.

connection with that of its load, as shown in' A horse hay-fork constructed of the tines' 

